The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-10-06

OF courge we visited the British
Museum, Hyde park, Prince Albert
Memorial, etc., etc., in fact doing Lon
don as well as four busy days would
allow. Windsor castle and grounds, 80
miles away, were not forgotten, as it is
the Queens residence when not at Bal
moral, in Scotland. There are over five
thousand acres in the park; in which
are some 1000 deer. A ab took us
through the grounds for near three
hours, returning in time for our train.
On each side of the three miles drive
out from the castle residence are two Of
rows of elm tress set out in the days of
Charles l., |. e., about 1880. The Parlia-
ment and Cromwell overcame this
Charles after some years of war and
took off his head. His sons, Charles III
and James III, though many years in
exile, showed no improvement when
they got back to power. "Man, vain
man, dressed in little brief authority,
cuts fantastic tricks before high
heaven"
Of course in Westminster Abbey we
looked into the poets corner and found
a statue of Shakespeare with the follow
ing extract from his own writing on a
scroll:
The cloud capt towers the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples the great globe itself
YEA all that 1t inherit shall dissolve,
And like the baseless fabric OF vision,
Leave not wreck behind.
The last evening in London was spent
in the hand wax rooms Of Madame
Trussaud, under the generous guidance
of Captain Pullman, retired officer Of
the royal navy. = The captain Is bach
elor Of so or more, pleasantly quartered
at 10 Bedford Place, and evidently a
true born Enghshman of high charac-
ter. Our party much enjoyed the gal
lent captains kindly attention and con-
VerSaClVa,
Crowds daily and nightly visit these
wax works to see the sights and bear
the music. Ne one visiting London
should fail TO take them in. Hundreds
of characters, kings, queens, generals,
statesmens, etc, etc, are there in full
size as in life, and remarkably natural.
There is the head of Robespierre after
execution; Marat just dead in his bath
with the dagger in his heart, and Char
lotte Corday, his murderess as she ap-
peared at the time. This will only serve
to give an idea. Splendid paintings and
valuable relics are also to be seen. An
entire room is devoted to the Napoleons
and things connected with them.
Here is the travelling csrriageg of Ma
poleon.not in wax, but the Variable
thing itself. But L must stop. II in
Londou let no one fail to see Madame
Trussand's elaborate and wonderful
exhibition.
On the morning of the 9Th an early
breakfast enabled us to reach Victoria
station in time for the train to New
Haven, where the boat was in readiness
to steam for Dieppe in France, sixty
miles away on the British channel. The
sea was calm but many ladies and gen
tlemen were seasick, although only a
little over a little over three hours on
the way.
At Dieppe the custom house had to
be passed. Getting place at the coun-
ter the French women here chalked my
neighbor's valise and turned to go the
other way when called out, iciici and
back she came smiling, and changed
mine after glance inside for had it
open.
We were soon speeding on to Paris
through la belle France, getting, ere
long, into the charming valley of the
Seine, which river the railway crosses
several times before reaching the great
capital of France. France is not de-
faced with so much stone wall as Eng
land and Scotland, and hence looks less
exclusive. I judge, too, there is less
hedging and less land in the shape OF
parks. The great revolution broke up
the great estates of the nobility, and In
this respect have fitted France and the
world. This letter is mostly written on
the way, so as to mail on arriving at
Paris. So, adieu.
A. MCGREGOR.